Or are the blackberries unusually early this year?
There are already plenty ripe on the brambles in this part of the country.
Dave
There are already plenty ripe on the brambles in this part of the country.
Dave
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I have seen a couple almost ready for picking here too.
Unless the lack of rain has them all frizzle first - there should be a real glut this year
Wine, jelly, flavoured Vodka, pies, puddings, crumbles .... Mmmmmm!
Unless the lack of rain has them all frizzle first - there should be a real glut this year
Wine, jelly, flavoured Vodka, pies, puddings, crumbles .... Mmmmmm!
Absolutely nowhere near it up in York. Still green.
Our raspberries are ripe but a very poor crop.
Hazelnut trees in the park are laden.
Our raspberries are ripe but a very poor crop.
Hazelnut trees in the park are laden.
Our rasps haven't stopped for nearly two months now, and the brambles are all plum coloured but not yet purpled up. Going to be an enormous crop if they don't dry out too soon.
Makes you wonder just what Winter's going to be like....
M
Makes you wonder just what Winter's going to be like....
M
In some areas here (south facing) they are almost ripe, in others the are still green.
Raspberries are doing really well.... had loads of the summer fruiters so far.....some from Autumn fruiters ( Left some canes standing from last year... they produce a summer crop) but absolutely loads set on the autumns, gonna be a bumper harvest come late august/september.
Raspberries are doing really well.... had loads of the summer fruiters so far.....some from Autumn fruiters ( Left some canes standing from last year... they produce a summer crop) but absolutely loads set on the autumns, gonna be a bumper harvest come late august/september.
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It does depend massively on the local subspecies - some will fruit very early, some very late. there are hundreds of different subspecies growing wild in the UK.
That said, I had a good crop of fully ripe blackberries last week, and i was surprised too!
That said, I had a good crop of fully ripe blackberries last week, and i was surprised too!
Yeah I took a walk around Findern yesterday and saw quite a few! Hoping to find a nice damson patch now I've settled in the new home
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When I saw my Sloe patch this morning, I started to feel a hangover. It's going to be great.
Sadly (in terms of cash) my wife has had her hours reduced at work, but happily she has an extra day a fortnight off. I tongue in cheek suggested she spend at least two of them making me jams and preserves, she said 'Of course!'
Happy days to come.
Sadly (in terms of cash) my wife has had her hours reduced at work, but happily she has an extra day a fortnight off. I tongue in cheek suggested she spend at least two of them making me jams and preserves, she said 'Of course!'
Happy days to come.
Had lots of blackberries this week. Had my first greenguages a few days ago. Raspberries were hopeless this year, as were the cherries thanks to the birds. Had a few apricots this year, stacks of peaches and the figs have been ripening as fast as I can eat them! The apples are hanging like grapes... My mind is turning to juicing and cider making.
Plenty of blackberries in Oxfordshire. They are lage, ripe but sadly lacking in flavour, rather like the ones we get in France. I think blackberries need to have a long growing season to develop full flavour.
